There are a number of sites I've come across with the same purpose as EveryBlock in reporting events and news by locality. There are even citizen-journalism sit

There are a number of sites I've come across with the same purpose as EveryBlock in reporting events and news by locality. There are even citizen-journalism sites. I wonder which one will take off, if any. I hope Google can scour said sites with semantic tags and present local news an all-encompassing, easy-to-read format.